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  • 2004 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For groundbreaking contributions to the measurement and understanding of dynamics in foams and granular media

Overview

Douglas J. Durian is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions in subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Mechanics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Mechanics of Materials.

Durian's work covers a variety of scientific topics, including:

  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
  • Material Dynamics and Properties
  • Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
  • Granular flow and fluidized beds
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Neural Networks and Applications
  • Theoretical and Computational Physics

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical review. E
  • Physical Review Applied
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Soft Matter

Among recent publications are the following papers:

  • "Demonstration of Decentralized Physics-Driven Learning" (2022) in Physical Review Applied
  • "Desynchronous learning in a physics-driven learning network" (2022) in The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "Hierarchical bubble size distributions in coarsening wet liquid foams" (2023) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Machine learning without a processor: Emergent learning in a nonlinear analog network" (2024) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Structuro-elasto-plasticity model for large deformation of disordered solids" (2022) in Physical Review Research

Durian frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Andrea J. Liu
  • Sam Dillavou
  • Jesse M. Hanlan
  • Anthony Chieco
  • Menachem Stern

In 2004, Douglas J. Durian was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), recognized for contributions to the measurement and understanding of dynamics in foams and granular media.

Best Publications

  • Foam Mechanics at the Bubble Scale

    Douglas J Durian

  • Speckle-visibility spectroscopy: A tool to study time-varying dynamics

    R. Bandyopadhyay;A. S Gittings;S. S Suh;P. K Dixon

  • Identifying structural flow defects in disordered solids using machine-learning methods.

    E. D Cubuk;Samuel Schoenholz;Jennifer M Rieser;B. D Malone

  • Multiple Light-Scattering Probes of Foam Structure and Dynamics

    D. J. Durian;D. A. Weitz;D. J. Pine

  • Bubble-scale model of foam mechanics:mMelting, nonlinear behavior, and avalanches

    Douglas J Durian

  • Unified force law for granular impact cratering

    Hiroaki Katsuragi;Hiroaki Katsuragi;Douglas J. Durian

  • Structure-property relationships from universal signatures of plasticity in disordered solids

    Ekin Dogus Cubuk;Robert Ivancic;Samuel S. Schoenholz;Samuel S. Schoenholz;Danny Strickland

  • Investigating non-Gaussian scattering processes by using nth-order intensity correlation functions

    P.-A. Lemieux;D. J. Durian

  • Low-speed impact craters in loose granular media.

    J. S Uehara;M. A Ambroso;R. Ojha;Douglas J Durian

  • Effective Temperatures of a Driven System Near Jamming

    Ian K Ono;Corey S. O'Hern;Corey S. O'Hern;Douglas J Durian;Stephen A Langer

  • Diffusing-wave spectroscopy of dynamics in a three-dimensional granular flow.

    Narayanan Menon;Douglas J. Durian

  • Microfluidic rheology of soft colloids above and below jamming.

    K. N. Nordstrom;E. Verneuil;E. Verneuil;P. E. Arratia;A. Basu

  • Vanishing elasticity for wet foams: Equivalence with emulsions and role of polydispersity

    A. Saint-Jalmes;D. J. Durian

  • Wetting transitions in a cylindrical pore.

    Andrea J Liu;Douglas J Durian;Eric Herbolzheimer;S. A Safran

  • Effects of Particle Shape on Growth Dynamics at Edges of Evaporating Drops of Colloidal Suspensions

    Peter J. Yunker;Matthew A. Lohr;Tim Still;Alexei Borodin

  • Diffusing-Wave Spectroscopy: The Technique and Some Applications

    D A Weitz;J X Zhu;D J Durian;Hu Gang

  • Onset of sediment transport is a continuous transition driven by fluid shear and granular creep.

    Morgane Houssais;Carlos P. Ortiz;Douglas J. Durian;Douglas J. Jerolmack

  • Statistical mechanics of a gas-fluidized particle

    R. P. Ojha;P.-A. Lemieux;P. K. Dixon;P. K. Dixon;A. J. Liu

  • Scattering optics of foam

    Moin U. Vera;Arnaud Saint-Jalmes;Douglas J. Durian

  • Nonlinear bubble dynamics in a slowly driven foam.

    A. D. Gopal;Douglas J Durian

  • Particle Motions in a Gas-Fluidized Bed of Sand

    Narayanan Menon;Douglas J. Durian

  • Structure-property relationships from universal signatures of plasticity in disordered solids

    E. D. Cubuk;R. J. S. Ivancic;S. S. Schoenholz;D. J. Strickland

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry P. Gollub
Jerry P. Gollub Haverford College
Paulo E. Arratia
Paulo E. Arratia University of Pennsylvania
Arjun G. Yodh
Arjun G. Yodh University of Pennsylvania
Douglas J. Jerolmack
Douglas J. Jerolmack University of Pennsylvania
David J. Pine
David J. Pine New York University
David A. Weitz
David A. Weitz Harvard University
Ekin D. Cubuk
Ekin D. Cubuk Google (United States)
Sharon C. Glotzer
Sharon C. Glotzer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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